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>>> AND WELCOME BACK.
OUR NEXT GUEST ROSE TO FAME WITH
HIS SIGNATURE AUTO TUNES SOUND.
HE'S BEEN A STAPLE ON THE
BILLBOARDS CHARTS WITH SONGS
LIKE BUY YOU A DRINK.
>> GOOD.
>> SHE'S BEEN HOLDING HER BREATH
FOR THAT ALL MORNING.
>> I WAS SO NERVOUS.
MY WHOLE DAY HAS RESOLVED AROUND
SAYING THAT.
KEEP GOING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND THE 2010 HIT ALL I DO IS
WIN.
AND IT TURNS OUT HE WAS RIGHT.
>> YOU DIDN'T DO THE ALL I DO IS
WIN.
>> COME ON, COME ON.
>> YOUR TURN.
>> DO THE WHOLE THING.
>> I'M STEALING YOUR INTRO.
SINCE BURSTING ONTO THE SCENE T
POD -- T POD, T-PAIN HAS WON TWO
GRAMMYS AND HE RECENTLY WON
AGAIN ON THE HIT SHOW THE MASKED
SINGER.
WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO TAKE A
LOOK?
>> TAKE A LOOK.
>> TAKE IT OFF, TAKE IT OFF!
TAKE IT OFF!
>> WHO ARE YOU?
>> T-PAIN!
T-PAIN!
>> NO WAY!
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
IT'S T-PAIN!
>> LITERALLY EVERYBODY MIN THE
STUDIO WAS SMILING.
ON THE SAME DAY HE WON HE
RELEASED HIS LATEST ALBUM.
>> YOU'RE ON VERY LITTLE SLEEP.
>> VERY LITTLE, I'M STILL PRETTY
MUCH ASLEEP RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT'S WHY WE WOKE YOU UP
WITH THAT INTRO.
YOU'RE IN PHILLY, NOW YOU'RE
HERE, AND YOU'RE PERFORMING
AGAIN.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO JOIN THE
SHOW?
I TOLD YOU AT FIRST, I THOUGHT
WHAT AM I WATCHING HERE?
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS A WEIRD PITCH.
I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SOBER WHEN I
HEARD IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT WORKED OUT.
IT WORKED OUT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK OF
TRYING TO PITCH THAT SHOW TO
SOMEBODY AND, YOU KNOW, AT FIRST
WHEN I HEARD IT I WAS LIKE MAN,
THIS IS PROBABLY THE STUPIDEST
THING I'VE EVER HEARD IN MY
LIFE.
IT WORKED OUT.
I SAW THE COSTUME AND I WAS LIKE
I AT LEAST GOT TO WEAR THAT
THING ONCE.
I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING KICKED
OFF THE FIRST EPISODE.
>> AND YOU MADE IT UNTIL THE
END.
>> DID YOU EVER THINK YOU'D BE
IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'D BE UP
AGAINST DONNY OSMOND AND GLADYS
KN
KNIGHT, AND YOU'D WALK AWAY THE
WINNER?
>> NOT EVEN CLOSE.
IN NO WORLD IS THAT EVEN
POSSIBLE UNLESS YOU'RE IN A
MONSTER COSTUME.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING
WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR MASK, I
GUESS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
YOUR FANS KNOW YOU CAN
IT WAS JUST SUPER HOT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SUPER HOT ALL THE TIME.
>> GET ME OUT OF HERE.
>> TELL ME, I HAVEN'T HAD A
CHANCE TO SEE YOU ON TOUR YET.
NOW WHEN YOU'RE ON TOUR, DID YOU
ADD DATES?
>> THERE'S MORE DATES NOW.
WE HAD TO ADD A WHOLE SECOND LEG
OF THE TOUR NOW.
>> YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT, A WHOLE
NEW FAN BASE OF PEOPLE WHO WATCH
THE SHOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND THERE'S NO IN BETWEEN.
IT'S EITHER TINY CHILDREN OR
SUPER OLD PEOPLE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THERE'S NO IN BETWEEN.
>> AND THEY'RE IN THE FRONT ROW
AT YOUR CONCERTS NOW.
>> WHAT DO YOU DO?
SING THAT AND BUY YOU A DRINK?
>> IT'S A MIX OF IT.
WE TRY TO ROTATE THE CROWDS AND
TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, GET THE
KIDS OUT OF HERE FOR THIS
SECTION.
BRING THEM BACK IN.
>> THE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
ROTATES, TWO DIFFERENT ROOMS, I
GOT TO GO TO TWO DIFFERENT
ROOMS.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE THE RELEASE OF
YOUR ALBUM TO TIE IN WITH THIS.
>> SAME NIGHT AS THE RELEASE.
>> THAT WOSRKED WELL.
>> WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?
>> MORE TOUR, MORE WORK, SECOND
SEASON OF T-PAIN SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S SO MANY MORE OFFERS
COMING IN, AND YOU KNOW,
DIFFERENT CROWDS AND DIFFERENT,
YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICS ASKING ME
TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I'VE
JUST NEVER DONE.
IT'S A LOT OF MORNING SHOWS.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> WELCOME TO THAT.
>> I WILL SAY ON A SERIOUS -- I
WILL SAY ON A SERIOUS NOTE WE
TALKED OFF CAMERA, AND I WAS
TELLING YOU THE JOURNEY YOU
HAVE.
YOU LOST YOUR BROTHER, WAS IT
DURING THE TAPING OF THE SHOW?
>> IT WAS RIGHT AFTER, SO YOU
KNOW, IT HIT ME HARD AT THE
POINT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS
HAPPENING, BUT I THINK ALL THIS
NOW IS HIM.
I THINK IT'S ALL HIM DOING THIS
FOR ME.
>> HE'S WATCHING OVER YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED FOR HIM TO BE
HERE SEEING THIS, BUT I THINK
HE'S THE ONE DOING IT.
HE'S GOT --
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT.
>> HE'S GOT A FRONT ROW